Very true.. it would have been a nightmare trying to predict the price and heart ache and sleepless night .... i think the situation might not be that different that anyway the price would have gone down , but for LP and banks ..who knows ( may have ...

Brokers chasing you for negative account balance

Technically i don't understand how then can forgive ???? it means they are taking a loss for the clients upon themselves ??? Needless to say they were never passing these trades to market and had it in their own books - is this acceptable practice ...

Brokers chasing you for negative account balance

to forexia's point ,, I think his concern was lack of any quotes for a period of time... and perhaps he would have been totally fine even if they were quoting price at 0.06 (the lowest proclaimed ) through this period ... well practically lack of ...

Brokers chasing you for negative account balance

Well not a bad ploy in this situation gravitist ,,, just to laugh it out !! :-)

What's the inspiration left for retail trading?

it depends on where you look from ... from their end if "retailers" cannot stomach these why do they even need to provide an entry to restaurant ,, when they have huge customers who are ready to provide business From retail trader end , if you have ...

Brokers chasing you for negative account balance

So that it proves that they are not fair .. so would ban on retail trading be easiest step that regulators can take ??? to leave the sharks fight among sharks ??

Brokers chasing you for negative account balance

True ... but at that price ???( a buy at that price ...ridiculous) .no wonder why they halted as it could have meant a 0.0001 price for few seconds to create complete catatrophy 0.86 looks better in that case ... I think all the auto software would ...

Brokers chasing you for negative account balance

Forexia ... I agree and i am with you on the requotes from the Banks.. is to be investigated .. Also the fact that who offered a price that low 0.065 and got it filled as obviously most of the stops had gone by then ........ But i think these are ...

Brokers chasing you for negative account balance

Forexia , i have read that post please help where the evidence for following points are given in the post. The price fell because those liquidity "providers" made it fall they did things even more sinister if the issue is about pricing ... that is ...

Brokers chasing you for negative account balance

Forexia ,,, while i agree there could be some truth to your accusation ,,,, the solution that you are proposing can never be done ... and if you are in loss due to this unexceptional situation .. i am sure there are many like you and hence there ...

Brokers chasing you for negative account balance

Gravitist - not sure if you had sarcasm in it ,, but think about it objectively , true that percent of occurance is 0.01% , but you dont know when you will be hit by it nor know how to protect from it ... , could be in ECB release too ........think ...

What's the inspiration left for retail trading?

Pooks .. As a trader .. and forex as business you will select and expect the company to be good .... But if you say this episode is good ... why there is only handful FXCM, Alpari , and one NZ company went into trouble while there are 1000's of more ...

What's the inspiration left for retail trading?

Well , the only issue is that it was lucrative that anyone with an id proof and 25$ to be trading .....in forex and will 1000 of brokers serving and luring across the globe .... did that all change in that one single day ..... what impacts does it ...

What's the inspiration left for retail trading?

For me halting just helps to bring some sanity into market and stabilize the price discovery .... So .. Technically Sudden absence of Liquidity can happen any time for any instrument and due to what ever reason .. and simply that is the risk that ...

What's the inspiration left for retail trading?

COGS ... Binary trading for sure would have capped the loss but how reliable is Binary trading ,...have heard there is heavy amount of price rigging and have experienced it few times too.....

What's the inspiration left for retail trading?

You make a point ,,, so regulated or non-regulated is not a point .. as a business this is a Systemic risk that one need to be aware of even though could be 0.001% in the greed to make quick riches ....

What's the inspiration left for retail trading?

Pooks . Agreed but given that Forex is not regulated there is no guarantee that under the pretext of Liquidity non availability another run of similar sort can happen with non-pegged currencies too ,,, let us say due to war or terriorist attack ( ...

What's the inspiration left for retail trading?

Hi Hayseed ... The reason i opened this thread is to collectively understand the protections available and one needs to be aware of when you meant Future do u mean "Futures" Market ... Offcourse the other question is what is the success factor in ...

What's the inspiration left for retail trading?

Hi Steve, Only recently i have been following on TD! , in some of the compilations examples it has been stated that even a cross above 68 ( for lower Time Frames) have been profitable, In higher time frames as per your Chart what if we continue to ...

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